Recaps

Lin Bai broke the Heaven and Earth Gate's trap on an isolated island and slaughtered the disciples who had lured him there. He returned to the battlefield to seek his next target, while the Heaven and Earth Gate's elders wondered whether the Rose Sword Cultivator was Lin Bai or Li Juenian.

• Lin Bai broke the formation surrounding the isolated island and revealed himself as the Tianshui Sect's Holy Son when he summoned his flying swords.
• Lin Bai killed Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Liu Chuan, and most of the Heaven and Earth Gate disciples who attacked him, then used his flying swords to kill those who fled.
• Lin Bai collected the disciples' Storage Bags, put on the Rose Mask, and flew toward the battlefield to search his scroll for another target.
• On the Heaven and Earth Gate flagship, the Master and elders discussed the Tianshui Sect's fierce resistance and the Rose Sword Cultivator's recent killings of their Core Disciples.
• A Heaven and Earth Gate elder asked whether the Rose Sword Cultivator was Li Juenian or Lin Bai.

The Heaven and Earth Gate learned that the Rose Sword Cultivator had killed Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Liu Chuan, and the others, then sent Elder Ge to deal with him. To break the stalemate, the Gate Master ordered a retreat and unleashed ten Demon Subduing Warships against the Tianshui Sect, leaving their disciples fleeing as the cannons fired.

• Heaven and Earth Gate Elders speculated that the Rose Sword Cultivator might be Lin Bai or Li Juenian, while the Gate Master ordered the threat eliminated.
• A warrior reported that the Soul Tablets of Murong Tian, Chen Lang, Liu Chuan, and the others had shattered, and Elder Ge volunteered to hunt the sword cultivator with his Star Shattering Formation Compass.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered his disciples to retreat ten thousand miles and deployed the Demon Subduing Warships.
• Yi Zien warned the Tianshui Sect forces to beware of an ambush as ten warships advanced with Demon-Subduing Cannons.
• Yi Zien, Li Juenian, Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and other Tianshui Sect disciples fled as the warships fired their cannons at the sect.

The Heaven and Earth Gate used its Demon Subduing Warships to devastate the Tianshui Sect and seize ten thousand miles of territory. As Lin Bai headed back toward the sect, Elder Ge trapped him in a thunder formation and moved to kill him and uncover his identity.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate's Demon Subduing Warships annihilated Tianshui Sect forces, forcing them to retreat and costing the sect nearly fifty thousand martial artists.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered his disciples to seize the abandoned positions, replace the Tianshui Sect's formations, and hold the captured territory.
• Lin Bai witnessed the warships' bombardment and realized how terrifying their power was.
• Elder Ge appeared before Lin Bai and demanded that he remove his Rose Mask, but Lin Bai refused and tried to flee.
• Elder Ge trapped Lin Bai in a formation that transformed into a cage of blue lightning.

Lin Bai escaped Elder Ge’s Profound Realm Compass, revealed his identity as the Tianshui Sect Saint, and fought back with his flying swords. Elder Ge then activated the Star Shattering Formation, trapping Lin Bai beneath crushing gravity as a giant hand reached to destroy him.

• Elder Ge used the Profound Realm Compass to trap Lin Bai in shifting formations of thunder, flames, and ice, then summoned three elemental swords to kill him.
• Lin Bai unleashed a flying sword with the Devouring Heaven Dao Method, tore open the formation, and cracked Elder Ge’s compass.
• Elder Ge recognized Lin Bai as the Tianshui Sect Saint, and Lin Bai removed his mask and revealed his identity.
• Lin Bai attacked Elder Ge with the Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation and forced him into a retreat.
• Elder Ge activated the Star Shattering Formation, pinning Lin Bai beneath immense gravity as a huge hand emerged from the void.

Lin Bai escaped Elder Ge’s formations and killed him with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, but the battle exposed the vast gap between the Dao God Realm and the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm. At the Overturned Water Hall, the Tianshui Sect’s elders discussed the Demon Subduing Warship and the growing losses, while Lin Bai warned that the disciples might soon flee rather than keep fighting.

• Lin Bai broke free of Elder Ge’s Star Shattering Formation and used his sword formations to shatter Elder Ge’s defensive barrier.
• Lin Bai killed Elder Ge with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, took his Storage Bag and Star Shattering Compass, and reflected on how difficult it would be to reach the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
• Lin Bai learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate’s Demon Subduing Warship had been created by the Celestial Mystery Pavilion and used by the Chu Kingdom against the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
• At the Overturned Water Hall, Grand Elder reported that around three hundred thousand Tianshui Sect disciples had died that day and nearly five hundred thousand had fallen in total.
• Lin Bai warned Sect Master Chu Xi and the elders that mounting casualties could frighten the remaining disciples into abandoning the battlefield or fleeing.

With the Tianshui Sect suffering catastrophic losses against the Heaven and Earth Gate, Lin Bai urged the elders to raid the enemy’s supply base in the Black Water Sea Region. The chapter ended with Li Zai'en and several elders agreeing to join the dangerous mission.

• Lin Bai warned that the Tianshui Sect faced destruction if its losses continued, and Chu Xi asked the elders for a plan.
• Lin Bai proposed a surprise attack on the Black Water Sea Region to seize or destroy the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies.
• The Grand Elder rejected the raid as too dangerous, citing a Grand Luo Dao Fruit realm guard and the likelihood that enemy forces would return to defend the base.
• Lin Bai argued that delay would doom the Tianshui Sect and that the raid was its only chance to turn the war around.
• Li Zai'en and several other elders agreed with Lin Bai and volunteered to undertake the raid.

Lin Bai persuaded Tianshui Sect’s elders to risk raiding the Black Water Sea Region, arguing that surrendering to Heaven and Earth Gate would only lead to their deaths. The sect’s hidden ancestor approved the raid but insisted that it needed a rigorous plan, and Lin Bai said they first had to draw away the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm guardian.

• Lin Bai argued that destroying the Black Water Sea Region could cripple Heaven and Earth Gate’s supply base and reverse Tianshui Sect’s decline.
• Lin Bai warned the elders that Heaven and Earth Gate would eventually eliminate them even if they surrendered, winning the support of more than half the elders.
• Lin Bai told Sect Master Chu Xi that the raid required the sect’s Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artist to lure away the guardian stationed in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai recognized that an ancestor was speaking through Chu Xi and asked the ancestor whether he approved of the raid.
• The ancestor revealed that he had investigated the Black Water Sea Region, agreed with Lin Bai’s proposal, and urged him to develop a rigorous plan.

Lin Bai agreed to devise a plan against the Black Water Sea Region and persuaded the crow to investigate the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forces and defenses there. The crow flew off to gather information while Lin Bai studied a map and began planning.

• Lin Bai accepted the task of devising a plan to attack the Black Water Sea Region after a powerful Tianshui Sect figure promised him great merit.
• Lin Bai asked the crow to investigate the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forces, formations, and reinforcements in the Black Water Sea Region, but the crow demanded a Green Jade Fragment.
• Lin Bai refused the crow’s demand and provoked him by suggesting he was afraid to return to the Black Water Sea Region.
• The crow accepted Lin Bai’s challenge and flew from Bright Moon Island to investigate.
• Lin Bai took out a map of the Water Mirror Sea and began planning, confident that the crow could handle the danger.

After nine days of battle left the Tianshui Sect badly depleted, Lin Bai learned that the Heaven and Earth Gate had heavily fortified its Black Water Sea Region stronghold. He devised a plan to attack it and summoned Chu Xi and the elders, who admitted their only strategy was to hold out until the enemy ran out of resources.

• The Tianshui Sect lost roughly 900,000 disciples during nine days of fighting at the Water Mirror Sea.
• Lin Bai reunited with the crow, which reported that the Black Water Sea Region held 100,000 Heaven and Earth Gate disciples, twelve Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm experts, and two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm experts.
• The crow revealed that the Heaven and Earth Gate had completed an Eight Vajra Demon Subduing Formation around the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai planned a raid to destroy the stronghold's resources, assigning Tianshui Sect experts to hold off the enemy's powerful fighters while the raiders escaped.
• Lin Bai summoned Chu Xi, Li Zaien, the Grand Elder, and senior elders, and Chu Xi said their only plan was to hold out until the Heaven and Earth Gate exhausted its resources.

Lin Bai explained that the Tianshui Sect could win its war with the Heaven and Earth Gate only by raiding the Black Water Sea Region and cutting off its supply chain. Ancestor Pan Qing agreed to hear Lin Bai’s plan, leaving the sect’s response dependent on how much force it would commit.

• Lin Bai asked Chu Xi to summon someone with authority to decide the Tianshui Sect’s strategy, and Ancestor Pan Qing appeared in the Overturned Water Hall.
• Lin Bai explained that the Heaven and Earth Gate relied on supplies from the Qian Lineage, which were stored in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai revealed that the Black Water Sea Region was protected by the Eight Vajra Demon Subduing Formation, one hundred thousand disciples, twelve Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm elders, and two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm ancestors.
• Lin Bai said the sect would have only one hour to raid the region before the Heaven and Earth Gate’s frontline forces could reinforce it.
• Pan Qing asked Lin Bai to explain his plan in detail.

Lin Bai proposed a secret strike against the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies in the Black Water Sea Region, and Pan Qing agreed to prepare the operation. The Tianshui Sect began assembling its team, armed with Lin Bai’s formation-breaking Sword Qi and the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame.

• Lin Bai proposed sending a hundred people to destroy the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies while Grand Luo and Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm fighters drew the enemy’s attention.
• Lin Bai showed Pan Qing three black Sword Qi, and one strand tore a hole through the Overturned Water Hall’s formation.
• Ancestor Huang Lin emerged from seclusion and volunteered to join the mission to the Black Water Sea Region.
• Pan Qing gave Lin Bai the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame and ordered fifteen Elders Council elders to accompany him.
• Pan Qing ordered the sect to select one hundred trusted peak Dao God Realm disciples, equip them, and assemble in the Overturned Water Hall at sunset the next day.

Lin Bai and Tianshui Sect’s forces prepared a dangerous strike against the Black Water Sea Region, hoping to cripple the Heaven and Earth Gate’s support before the sect was worn down. Lin Bai led a hundred martial artists to the outskirts of the region and waited for the ancestors to begin their attack.

• Pan Qing and Lin Bai finalized plans for the Black Water Sea Region operation, and Lin Bai insisted on joining despite the danger.
• Lin Bai asked the Crow to accompany him, and the Crow agreed after hearing the size of the force.
• Pan Qing and Huang Lin assembled several hundred martial artists, including Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and other people Lin Bai knew, and assigned them their orders.
• Lin Bai warned the group that they would have only one hour to act before Heaven and Earth Gate reinforcements arrived, after which they must scatter and flee.
• The force slipped through the Water Mirror Sea and reached the Black Water Sea Region under cover of night.
• Lin Bai led a hundred martial artists to the formation’s outskirts, distributed Forbidden-Breaking Sword Qi, and waited for the ancestors and elders to attack.

Huang Lin lured Wei Jun away from the Black Water Sea Region while Pan Qing and the Tianshui Sect elders attacked its defenses. With the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forces occupied, Lin Bai led his group toward the supply depot at the Black Dragon Nest.

• Huang Lin challenged Wei Jun and drew him away from the Black Water Sea Region to fight at the Water Mirror Sea.
• Pan Qing and fifteen Tianshui Sect Grand Yi Dao Fruit Realm martial artists entered the region, where a second Grand Luo expert and twelve Heaven and Earth Gate elders ambushed them.
• Pan Qing ordered the Tianshui Sect elders to break through the encirclement and follow their plan, and the two sides began fighting.
• Lin Bai watched the battles from outside, then led his group into the Black Water Sea Region under the Midnight Moon Veil.
• The Crow revealed that the supplies were stored at the Black Dragon Nest and went ahead to gather treasures before Lin Bai planned to burn what remained.

Lin Bai and the Tianshui Sect disciples reached the Black Dragon Nest to destroy the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies with Bone-Corroding Demon Flame. Their attempt to enter the volcano was stopped by Old Daoist Ma Qiuming, who emerged to confront Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai explained that his crow had left on its own business, then led the group toward the Black Dragon Nest, whose ancient-beast legend had been fabricated to conceal the Heaven and Earth Gate’s base.
• Lin Bai rejected releasing the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame from outside and planned to enter the nest first so the enemy could not protect or remove its supplies.
• Yi Zien and Li Juenian led fifty martial artists in a frontal diversion while Lin Bai, Bai Yifei, Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and the others slipped toward the nest.
• Lin Bai and his companions fought through the guards and descended into the dead volcano, where a sudden blaze forced them to retreat to its crater.
• Old Daoist Ma Qiuming emerged from the volcano and confronted Lin Bai, who mocked him for staying away from the raging frontline battle.

Lin Bai led the Tianshui Sect into the Black Water Sea Region to destroy the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supply base, but Ma Qiuming blocked their way. After the Sixth Elder engaged Ma Qiuming, Lin Bai’s group searched the volcano and found a hidden space beneath its magma, where a sea of golden light appeared.

• Ma Qiuming confronted Lin Bai at the volcano and threatened to kill the Tianshui Sect’s attackers.
• The Sixth Elder arrived and held Ma Qiuming back, allowing Lin Bai and the others to enter the Black Dragon Nest.
• Lin Bai’s group searched the apparently empty volcano, and Lin Bai sensed a formation beneath the solidified magma.
• Lin Bai and the others plunged through the magma, where its unusual heat began to overwhelm them.
• The dead volcano churned and erupted, revealing a sea of golden light before Lin Bai and his companions.

Lin Bai and his allies battled the Heart-Earth Fire Dragon in the magma beneath the Black Dragon Nest, then broke through a formation to reach the Heaven and Earth Gate’s underground resource base. Ninety-nine powerful puppets blocked their path to its palace, and Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others stayed behind so Lin Bai could advance.

• A Heart-Earth Fire Dragon of the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm emerged from the magma and attacked Lin Bai’s group, killing several Tianshui Sect disciples.
• Bai Yifei struck the dragon and lured it away from the volcano so Lin Bai and the others could continue, despite Lin Bai warning him not to be reckless.
• Lin Bai used the Devouring Heaven Dao Method to break the formation beneath the magma and led the group into an underground world containing a palace believed to hold the Heaven and Earth Gate’s resources.
• Ninety-nine giant sword-wielding puppets rose from the earth and forced Lin Bai’s group back, resisting his flying swords.
• Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others volunteered to hold off the puppets while Lin Bai went ahead.

Lin Bai entered the Heaven and Earth Gate’s hidden resource space and found its stores of pills and treasures. As the Crow searched for loot, Huang Lin revealed that Lin Bai had succeeded and burned his Dao Fruit to stop Wei Jun from returning.

• Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others held off the ninety-nine puppet men while Lin Bai broke through the palace’s defenses and entered its light gate.
• Qin Yao, Qiao Mo, and the others withdrew from the Black Dragon Nest after Lin Bai entered the palace.
• Lin Bai found the Heaven and Earth Gate’s resource base, where shelves held thousands of Storage Bags, and met the Crow.
• The Crow asked for more time to collect treasures while Lin Bai prepared to release the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame.
• Wei Jun struck Huang Lin and realized Lin Bai had succeeded, but Huang Lin blocked his escape and burned his Dao Fruit.
• Huang Lin regained his youth and attacked Wei Jun with a powerful punch, declaring it his final battle.

Lin Bai released the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame in Heaven and Earth Gate’s underground treasure space, destroying its stockpiled resources and escaping as the fire consumed the Black Dragon Nest. He signaled the Tianshui Sect forces to withdraw, leaving their disciples’ survival uncertain.

• Huang Lin died after a fierce battle with Wei Jun, who was badly injured and reported that Lin Bai had entered the Black Dragon Nest’s treasure space.
• As a Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm expert tore into the space, Lin Bai unleashed the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame and fled with the Crow.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate expert failed to extinguish the flames and pursued Lin Bai through the shattered light gate.
• Lin Bai escaped through the Underground Palace as the demon flame burned the ninety-nine puppets and engulfed the Black Dragon Nest.
• Lin Bai sent word that the raid was complete, and the Tianshui Sect forces withdrew from both battlefronts over the Black Water Sea Region.

Lin Bai led a Tianshui Sect strike that released the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame and destroyed the Heaven and Earth Gate’s supplies in the Black Water Sea Region. After learning of the disaster and Huang Lin’s death, the Heaven and Earth Gate Master heard Ma Qiuming’s suspicion that a spy inside the sect had leaked their plans.

• Lin Bai’s message warned the Great Purity Dao Fruit experts to retreat as the Bone-Corroding Demon Flame spread from the Black Dragon Nest.
• Pan Qing escaped after drawing the Heaven and Earth Gate’s forces away, and a battered martial artist reported that Lin Bai had burned the supplies.
• Wei Jun told the Heaven and Earth Gate Master that Lin Bai’s operation destroyed the resource base and that Huang Lin had died after fighting him.
• Ma Qiuming pointed out that the Tianshui Sect had known the Black Water Sea Region’s defenses and the Black Dragon Nest’s location.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master asked whether a spy inside the sect had sent the Tianshui Sect intelligence.

The Heaven and Earth Gate lost its supplies when the Tianshui Sect set the Black Water Sea Region ablaze with Bone-Corroding Demon Flame. Rather than withdraw, the Heaven and Earth Gate Master chose to stake everything on a decisive battle the next day, while Lin Bai fled and found himself being hunted.

• The Heaven and Earth Gate Master ordered Elder Ma to investigate a suspected spy and sent the sect's forces to search for Lin Bai.
• Elder Ma warned that the destruction of their supplies could cripple the war effort, but the Heaven and Earth Gate Master refused to retreat and declared the next day's battle decisive.
• Lin Bai escaped the burning Black Water Sea Region on his flying sword as the Crow discussed the Demon Realm's most powerful flames.
• Lin Bai set out for the Tianshui Sect but sensed Heaven and Earth Gate disciples sweeping the surrounding sea for him.

Lin Bai escaped the Black Water Sea Region but found the Heaven and Earth Gate searching for the Tianshui Sect disciples. After hearing that his bounty had risen to thirty thousand immortal jades, he was discovered by a group of Dao God Peak martial artists and prepared to fight them.

• Lin Bai hid from two Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artists and a large Heaven and Earth Gate search party, then set off toward the Tianshui Sect.
• Lin Bai hoped Qiao Mo, Qin Yao, and the others had escaped safely after carrying out their assigned tasks and withdrawing from the Black Water Sea Region.
• A dozen Heaven and Earth Gate disciples discussed the hunt and revealed that the bounty on Lin Bai had risen to thirty thousand immortal jades.
• Senior Brother Zhang sensed someone nearby, and Lin Bai killed a disciple who tried to alert the elders with a Voice Transmission Token.
• The disciples recognized Lin Bai by his flying sword and attacked him as he stepped out of hiding.

Lin Bai killed a group of Heaven and Earth Gate martial artists, then hid from a pursuing Grand Purity Dao Fruit Realm expert. When the expert searched for him, Lin Bai launched a counterattack with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure and Profound Yellow Talisman.

• Lin Bai killed the dozen Heaven and Earth Gate martial artists and collected their Storage Bags.
• A Grand Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artist arrived and searched for Lin Bai with his divine sense.
• Lin Bai concealed himself while the expert used the Mystic Eye Technique to inspect the surrounding space.
• Lin Bai struck first with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure, piercing the expert’s shield and destroying his left leg.
• Lin Bai activated the Profound Yellow Talisman, summoning a massive bolt of lightning toward the wounded expert.

Lin Bai escaped a Heaven and Earth Gate elder but was intercepted by a Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm pursuer while fleeing across the Water Mirror Sea. Xiao Cangsheng’s Peach Blossom Branches blocked two attacks, and Lin Bai remained on the run with the pursuer still closing in.

• Lin Bai wounded a Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm martial artist with the Grand Yi Talisman Treasure and Profound Yellow Talisman, but the man fled using a magic treasure.
• Lin Bai realized the Heaven and Earth Gate could send stronger pursuers and hurried toward the Tianshui Sect, but a Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artist attacked him with thunder dragons.
• A Peach Blossom Branch left by Xiao Cangsheng shielded Lin Bai from a thunder dragon, while Xiao Cangsheng sensed the event from beyond the Water Mirror Sea.
• The Heaven and Earth Gate pursuer threw a thunder spear at Lin Bai, and a second Peach Blossom Branch blocked the strike.
• Lin Bai sped away as the Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artist continued pursuing him through the Water Mirror Sea.

Lin Bai fled across the Water Mirror Sea from Tang Yan, a Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm warrior of the Heaven and Earth Gate, until Shen Chunfeng arrived to protect him. Lin Bai continued toward the Tianshui Sect while Tang Yan withdrew, warning that the Heaven and Earth Gate would attack the sect the next day.

• Lin Bai used his last Peach Blossom Branch to block Tang Yan's thunder attack as he raced toward the Tianshui Sect's territory.
• Tang Yan sent three thunder arrows at Lin Bai, destroying his Heaven's Will Four Symbols Sword Formation.
• Shen Chunfeng appeared and shattered the thunder arrows before they could hit Lin Bai.
• Shen Chunfeng told Lin Bai to go ahead, and Lin Bai thanked him before heading toward the Heaven and Earth Gate.
• Tang Yan warned that the Heaven and Earth Gate would break through the Tianshui Sect's City Protection Formation the next day, then left rather than fight Shen Chunfeng.

Lin Bai returned to the Tianshui Sect after destroying the Heaven and Earth Gate's supplies, but learned that the operation had caused heavy casualties and Huang Lin had died. He urged the survivors to stop mourning and prepare for the war to continue, and Pan Qing asked whether he had a plan to end it.

• Lin Bai reached the Tianshui Sect after Shen Chunfeng held off Tang Yan, reflecting on his escape and the supplies he had burned in the Black Water Sea Region.
• Lin Bai entered the Overturned Water Hall and saw that fewer than half of the 117 participants had returned.
• Pan Qing reported that six Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm warriors and seventy-five Dao God Realm warriors had died, and confirmed that Huang Lin had fallen.
• Lin Bai and the others mourned Huang Lin and their fallen comrades, while Ye Guyu wept and Qin Yao comforted her.
• Lin Bai urged the survivors to rally because the war was not over, and Pan Qing asked whether he had a plan to end it.